Trump’s Conviction Papers Over Much Bigger Crimes That He (and Every Other Recent President) Have Committed While in Office
Peter Bolton - CounterPunch
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/06/11/trumps-conviction-papers-over-much-bigger-crimes-that-he-and-every-other-recent-us-president-have-committed-while-in-office/

… Focusing on whether Trump is guilty in this case or whether the trial was politically motivated misses a much bigger point. Either way, the crimes he has been convicted of are small fry compared to the crimes of state that he committed while in office. And these crimes are, at most, only marginally worse than those committed by every US president in living memory, irrespective of which of the two major parties they have belonged to … Clearly, it is time we take a step back from the narrow focus on Trump’s latest legal wranglings. Focusing on his shady business dealings committed when out of office obscures the fact that, if there were any justice in this world, Trump as well as all his recent predecessors would be tried for much bigger crimes of state that dwarf in severity anything about hush money payments or falsifying business records.